Molecular, Cellular
and
Integrative Neurosciences

Seminar Series
Academic Year 2005-2006

Unless otherwise noted, seminars will be on Wednesdays at 4:10pm

W1 Anatomy/Zoology Building

Seminar schedules for previous academic years here: 00-01, 01-02, 02-03, 03-04 04-05

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

August
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
24	NB793 - Organizational Meeting 1:10-2:00 pm
31	Dr. Asa Ben-Hur Dept. of Computer Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	Computational Approaches for Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

SEPTEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
7	Dr. Michael Baum Dept. of Biology Boston University Boston, MA	Role of Olfaction in Mammalian Mate Recognition
THURS 15 104 Yates Hall 4:00 pm	Dr. Carla J. Shatz Neurobiology Dept. Harvard Medical School Boston, MA	Brain Waves and Immune Genes in Synapse Remodeling and Plasticity
21	Dr. Sheryl G. Beck Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Median and Dorsal Raphe: Not Just for Serotonin Anymore
28	Dr. Wilma Friedman Dept. of Biological Sciences Rutgers University Newark, NJ	Nerve Growth Factor in the Brain: A Double-Edged Sword

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OCTOBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
5	Dr. Steven L. Buck Dept. of Psychology University of Washington Seattle, WA	Rod Influence on Human Color Vision
12	Dr. William Rochlin Biology Department Loyola University Chicago, IL	Your Face Becomes Less Repulsive and More Attractive as You Age.
19	Dr. James Howe Dept. of Pharmacology Yale Univ. School of Med. New Haven, CT	The Stability of Binding Cleft Closure and AMPA Receptor Function
26	Dr. Diego Restrepo Dept. of Cell & Developmental Biology UCHSC Aurora, CO	Transduction Mechanisms and Centrifugal Modulation in Olfaction: Coping with a Complex Challenge

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

NOVEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
2	Dr. Wolfhard Almers Vollum Institute Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR	Imaging Exo- and Endocytosis at the Level of Single Vesicles and Single Proteins
9	Dr. Timothy M. Gomez Dept. of Anatomy Univ. of Wisconsin Medical School Madison, WI	Regulation of Growth Cone Motility and Axon Guidance by Calcium Phosphotyrosine Signaling
16	NO SEMINAR Neuroscience Meeting
21-25	NO SEMINAR Thanksgiving Break
30	Dr. Mary B. Kennedy Division of Biology California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	Calcium Signalling in the Postsynaptic Density

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

DECEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
7	Dr. Allan I. Basbaum Dept. of Anatomy UCSF San Francisco, CA	Pain Mechanisms: From Molecules to Circuits
13-17	NO SEMINAR Finals
20-31	NO SEMINAR Winter Break

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

JANUARY
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
1-16	NO SEMINAR Winter Break
18	Dr. Doris Patneau Anatomy and Cell Biology Dept. Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Tulsa, OK	Stargazing: Modulation of AMPA Receptor Properties by an Auxiliary Subunit
25	No Seminar

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

FEBRUARY
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
1	Dr. Nancy Lorenzon Dept. of Biomedical Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	Metabolic Biotinylation: A Novel Approach to Understanding the Protein Interactions Involved in Skeletal Muscle Signaling
8	Dr. Chaoping Chen Dept. of Biochem. and Mol. Biol. Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	Actin Cytoskeleton in Retrovirus Assembly and Budding
15	No Seminar
22 4pm 104 Yates	Dr. Thomas Reese Structural Cell Biology Section Laboratory of Neurobiology NINDS Bethesda, MD (note room change)	Actin Cytoskeleton in Retrovirus Assembly and Budding

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

MARCH
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
1	Dr. Daniel Tollin Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics UCHS at Fitzsimons Denver, CO	Neural Mechanisms of Sound Source Localization in the Auditory Brainstem
8	Dr. Frank Menniti CNS Discovery Pfizer Global Research and Development Groton, CT	Neural Mechanisms of Sound Source Localization in the Auditory Brainstem
15	NO SEMINAR
22	Dr. Steven Shevell Psychology Dept. Visual Science Laboratories University of Chicago Chicago, IL	CANCELLED
29	Dr. T. John Wu Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD	A Biological Role for the Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Metabolite

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

APRIL
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
5	Dr. Karl Obrietan Neuroscience Department Ohio State University Columbus, OH	The ERK/MAPK Pathway and Circadian Clock Entrainment
12	Dr. Piala Sengupta Biology Department Brandeis University Waltham, MA	Sensory Plasticity in C. elegans
19	Dr. Harold Gainer Molecular Neuroscience Section Laboratory of Neurochemistry NINDS Bethesda, MD	Transcriptional Regulation of Oxytocin and Vasopressin Gene Expression by Neural Activity
26	Dr. Anumantha Kanthasamy Biomedical Sciences Dept. Iowa State University Ames, IA	Oxidative Stress Signaling in Experimental Models of Parkinson’s Disease

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

MAY
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
3	Dr. Nancy Kopell Mathematics Department Boston University Boston, MA	Gamma Rhythms of the Nervous System: From Biophysics to Cognition
10	Dr. Scott Earley Department of Biomedical Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	TRPV4 Forms a Novel Signaling Complex with Ryanodine Receptors and BK_Ca Channels

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